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Fife is a council area and historic county in Scotland. Fife may also refer to: * Fife (instrument), a musical instrument similar to the piccolo Places * Fife, Texas, U.S. * Fife, Virginia, U.S. * Fife, Washington * Fife Lake, Saskatchewan, Canada * Fife Lake, Michigan, U.S. * Fife Street, A street in Kowloon, Hong Kong Other uses * Fédération Internationale Féline (FIFe), a federation of cat registries * USS ''Fife'', a 1979 U.S. Navy ship * Fife, the number 5 in the NATO phonetic alphabet * Fife (cutlery), a combination utensil People with the surname * Allan Fife (born 1954), Australian businessman * Austin E. and Alta S. Fife, pioneering Utah folklorists * Catherine Fife (born 1968/1969), Canadian politician * Connie Fife (born 1961), Cree Canadian poet and editor * Dane Fife (born 1979), American basketball player * Danny Fife (born 1949), American baseball player * David Fife (1805–1877), Canadian farmer * Dougie Fife (born 1990), Scottish rugby union player ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fife
Fife (, ; gd, Fìobha, ; sco, Fife) is a council area, historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area of Scotland. It is situated between the Firth of Tay and the Firth of Forth, with inland boundaries with Perth and Kinross (i.e. the historic counties of Perthshire and Kinross-shire) and Clackmannanshire. By custom it is widely held to have been one of the major Pictish kingdoms, known as ''Fib'', and is still commonly known as the Kingdom of Fife within Scotland. A person from Fife is known as a ''Fifer''. In older documents the county was very occasionally known by the anglicisation Fifeshire. Fife is Scotland's third largest local authority area by population. It has a resident population of just under 367,000, over a third of whom live in the three principal towns, Dunfermline, Kirkcaldy and Glenrothes. The historic town of St Andrews is located on the northeast coast of Fife. It is well known for the University of St Andrews, the most ancient univers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danny Fife
Danny Wayne Fife (October 5, 1949 – May 30, 2024) was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the Minnesota Twins in and . A three-sport standout at Clarkston High School (MI), Fife played 3 years of varsity basketball and baseball at the University of Michigan. He served as basketball captain in his senior year. Fife was drafted in the 1971 NBA draft by the Milwaukee Bucks and also by the Detroit Tigers in the major league baseball draft. Choosing baseball as his immediate career path, Fife signed with the Tigers and was traded to the Minnesota Twins right before the 1973 season. A sore arm ended Fife's baseball career prematurely after the 1975 season. Fife returned to the University of Michigan , mottoeng = "Arts, Knowledge, Truth" , former_names = Catholepistemiad, or University of Michigania (1817–1821) , budget = $10.3 billion (2021) , endowment = $17 billion (2021)As o ... as an assistant bask ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phyllis Fife
Phyllis Fife (born 1948) is a Muscogee Creek painter and educator from Oklahoma. Personal life and education Fife was born near Dustin, Oklahoma to James Fife and Carmen Griffin Fife. She belongs to the Raccoon clan and Tukvpvtce Tribal Town. She was first educated in a rural school before enrolling in the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe from 1963 until 1966. She studied under Howard Warshaw at the University of California, Santa Barbara and transferred to the University of Oklahoma in 1970. At OU, she earned her BFA degree in 1973. She then earned her Master of Education degree at Northeastern State University and her Doctor of Education degree from the University of Arkansas. Fife has three daughters. Art career Fife was a fashion designer and painter, who exhibited in Oklahoma and nationalwide. Along with her sisters Sharon Fife Mouss, Sandy Fife Wilson and Jimmie Carole Fife Stewart, who are also visual artists, she launched the Fife Collection, a fashion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Macduff Of Fife
Macduff of Fife (died 22 July 1298) played a small but significant role in the Wars of Scottish Independence. He administered the earldom of Fife during the earl's minority. He was involved in a legal dispute during the reign of John Balliol which had wider constitutional implications. He took part in the Scottish rising of early 1297, but was captured by the Earl of Strathearn, who refused to hand him over to the English. He was killed leading the common soldiers from the earldom of Fife at the Battle of Falkirk The Battle of Falkirk (''Blàr na h-Eaglaise Brice'' in Gaelic), on 22 July 1298, was one of the major battles in the First War of Scottish Independence. Led by King Edward I of England, the English army defeated the Scots, led by William Wal .... References *Traquair, Peter ''Freedom's Sword'' * Scottish deaths at the Battle of Falkirk 1298 deaths People from Fife Year of birth unknown {{Scotland-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josh Fife
Joshua Fife (born 1 July 2000) is an Australian racing driver from Canberra, Australia. He is currently competing in the S5000 Australian Drivers' Championship with 88Racing, driving the No. 88 Onroak-Ligier-Ford. Biography Fife began karting at the age of 10, competing in national events around the world. After karting full-time in Italy, he returned to Australia in 2019 and joined the Super3 Series with Brad Jones Racing. In his debut season, he scored two race wins and five podium finishes to finish fifth in the driver's standings. In December 2019 after a test day with Brad Jones Racing at Winton Raceway Winton Motor Raceway is a motor racing track in Winton, Victoria, Winton, near Benalla, Victoria, Benalla, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia. History The Benalla Auto Club began planning for a permanent racing track around 1958, as a r ...,O'Brien, C. (2020). BJR runs young driver test , Supercars. nlineSupercars. Available at: https://www.supercars.com/news ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Fife
John Fife (1940- ) is a human rights activist and retired Presbyterian minister who lives in Tucson, Arizona. He was a member of the Sanctuary Movement and was a co-founder of the immigrant rights group No More Deaths. Rev. Fife served as a minister for 35 years at Southside Presbyterian Church in Tucson, a church with a strong focus on social justice issues. In 1992 Fife was elected Moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA). He is now Pastor Emeritus at Southside Presbyterian. In the 1980s John Fife co-founded the Sanctuary Movement in the United States. Volunteers in the movement provided support to Central American refugees, many of whom were fleeing U.S.-supported death squads in their home countries of El Salvador and Guatemala. The movement organized over 500 churches to help the refugees cross the border and find sanctuary in the U.S., in defiance of federal law. In 1986 Fife was convicted, along with seven other people, of violating federal imm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jenna Fife
Jenna Josephine Fife (born 1 December 1995) is a Scottish footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Rangers W.F.C. in the Scottish Women's Premier League (SWPL) and for the Scotland national team. Fife's career began at Murieston United, and she joined Hibernian in 2013. She was loaned to Hutchison Vale in 2014 before returning to Hibernian that year. In the 2015–2016 year, Fife was selected for a scholarship administered by the University of Stirling, for study at Edinburgh College. Internationally, Fife represented Scotland at under-17 and under-19 levels. She made her full international debut in 2018. Early life and education Jenna Fife was born on 1 December 1995 in Scotland. Prior to her entry into football, Fife maintained an interest in the sport of tennis. Fife first started playing football at eight years of age during her early schooling years. From her first outing with the sport she greatly enjoyed the game. Fife initially began in football in outfield; later s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jason Fife
Jason Fife (born January 23, 1981) is a former American football quarterback. He was originally signed as a free agent by the Detroit Lions in 2004. He played college football at Oregon. College career Fife played college football at the University of Oregon, backing up Joey Harrington until Harrington left for the 2002 NFL Draft and Fife became the starter. In 2002 Fife was ranked the #2 QB in the nation. On September 20, 2003, Fife, sharing QB duties with Kellen Clemens, helped lead the 22nd-ranked Ducks in an upset of the then-third-ranked Michigan Wolverines. Fife's second-quarter 15-yard touchdown run became the cover of Sports Illustrated in the September 29th issue. Professional career Fife was not drafted in the 2004 NFL draft. He signed with the Detroit Lions as a free agent, but was cut from the team during training camp. Fife was on the practice squad for the New Orleans Saints from 2006 to 2007. In December 2007, he joined the Washington Redskins' practice squad. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Fife
James Fife (fl. 1718, occasionally spelled Fyff) was a pirate active in the Caribbean. He accepted the British pardon offered to pirates in 1718 but was killed by his own men. History Little is known of Fife's early life. Public records show that he was active in early 1718, capturing the sloops ''Portsmouth'' and ''Elizabeth'' and two others between February and April near the Turks Islands. Fife took his 4-gun, 10-man sloop to Puerto Rico in March to share out money and valuables, including pistols and captured bits of ambergris. Some of his pirates took a small boat to chase down a nearby canoe and Fife sailed away without them: ...On 14th March last in the evening the sloop being att anchor near Portorico (an Island belonging to the Spaniards) a conao was espied near the shoar, whereupon their boat was got ready and all the profest pirates but three went on board and put off and stood for the conao. Upon which Capt. Fife and the rest of the forced men took the opportun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivy Fife
Ivy Grace Fife (1903–1976), born Ivy Grace Hofmeister, was a New Zealand painter based in Christchurch and Canterbury. Known for her portraits, her work also includes landscapes and is reflective of life in Canterbury and the South Island of New Zealand. Working in gouache, oils, watercolours, ink and wash, and pencil, she was influenced by W.A. Sutton and a contemporary of Olivia Spencer Bower and Russell Clark. Education Fife's early education included Elmwood School and Christchurch Girls' High School. In 1920, Fife enrolled in the Canterbury College School of Fine Art and after graduation continued her association with the school, including as Lecturer in Design, until her retirement in 1959. While at the school she worked with Cecil Kelly, Archibald Nicholl, F. A. Shurrock, Richard Wallwork and Leonard Booth. Exhibitions Fife's work has been included in several art society exhibitions at Christchurch, Dunedin, Invercargill and Nelson, as well as the Gallery of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irwin Fife
Irwin L. Fife (1894–1971) was an American inventor credited with the invention of modern web-guiding systems Web-guiding systems are used in the converting industry to position flat materials, known as webs, before processing. They are typically positioned just before a critical stage on a converting machine. Each type of web guiding system uses a sens ... from his garage in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. In 1939, Fife founded Fife Manufacturing. He received numerous patents for his advances in web guiding and manufacturing. In 1975, Fife Manufacturing became a publicly traded company. Inventing web guide systems In 1939, a local friend in the newspaper business came to Irwin for help with a high-speed newspaper press. Over the next year, Mr. Fife invented a web guide from his garage in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Fife Manufacturing Founded in 1939 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Fife Manufacturing developed tools for web handling and web inspection. In 1975, Fife Manufacturing Corp. fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Graeme Fife
Graeme Fife (born 1946) is a prolific English writer, playwright and broadcaster. His first career was as a schoolmaster and university lecturer. Early life Born in 1946 in St Pancras, London, Fife is the son of John Fife and his wife Muriel H. Lickorish. He was educated at schools in Greater London and then at the University of Durham, where he graduated with first class honours in Greek language and literature. Teaching career Fife taught Classics for one year at a school in Lancashire, then from 1970 to 1978 was Head of Classics at Gresham's School, Holt, and later a lecturer in Greek and Roman literature at the University of Reading. Reception In July 1999, ''The Independent'' named Fife's ''Tour de France: The History, the Legend, the Riders'' as its book of the week. ''The Times'' later ranked it as one of its top five sports books of the year. Reviewing Fife's ''The Terror: the Shadow of the Guillotine'' (2003) in ''The Independent'', William Doyle called it "The mos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
